The current ebola outbreak in Western Africa and Nigeria is the worst to day by a very large margin. More then 1,200 have been infected so far. More than twice the previous high infection count are already affected and it shows no signs of stopping.

Airplanes continue to get safer both in absolute numbers as well as compared to the number of passengers. In 1970, there ~250 million passengers and 1,500 deaths. Today, there are nearly three billion passengers, but only 500 deaths, or a negligible risk of death.

This chart shows the percentage of people, by age, who eat pizza on any given day. Over a quarter of boys age 6-19 eat pizza every day. This culinary love affair winds down beginning at age 20, and declining to 6% over age 60.

This chart shows the mis-match between what Americans should be spending their food budgets on versus what they are. Refined grains had the largest over-spend, while whole fruits had the least spending compared to recommended amounts.

It’s a challenge to sort out the relationship between income and obesity. As women get richer, they are less likely to be obese. This same trend does not hold for men, especially black and Mexican-American men, who get more obese out of poverty than in it. Obesity tends to economically affect women greatly, with weight more than two standard deviations beyond normal resulting in 9% less pay.